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Heartbeat messages in an ESX /var/log/vmksummary log file (1009016)

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Each hour, VMware ESX logs host heartbeat information to the /var/log/vmksummary log. The heartbeat lines are logged one minute after the hour by /etc/cron.hourly/vmkheartbeat. In addition, startup, shutdown, and reboot events are logged.

This article provides information about these messages.

Solution

Here is an example of the heartbeat message:

Feb 25 15:01:01 myhost logger: (1235592061) hb: vmk loaded, 5166530.82, 5166517.348, 20, 110268, 110268, 265330688, vmware-h-61456, vpxa-16504, webAcces-14548

This table provides information about each message component:

Message component

Description

Feb 25 15:01:01

This is the date and time of the entry.

myhost

This is the hostname.

logger

This is standard text that appears in every message.

(1235592061)

This is the date and time of the entry in Unix Time.

hb: vmk loaded

This indicates that it is a heartbeat entry and that the VMkernel is loaded.

5166530.82

This is the uptime of the Console OS as per /proc/uptime.

5166517.348

This is the uptime of the VMkernel as per /proc/vmware/uptime.

20

This is the number of currently running virtual machines as per the number of running console OS Processes (ps -auxw | grep -c [v]mware-vmx).

110268

This is the build of the currently running VMkernel.

110268

This is the build of the currently running VMM.

265330688

This is the amount of Console OS swap used, as per /proc/meminfo. This is measured in bytes.

vmware-h-1456

vpxa-16504

WebAcces-4548

These three fields are the top three processes in the Console OS for memory
consumed. The numeric value is measured in kilobytes.

These processes are identified with the command:

memHogs=`ps -A --no-headers --format fname,rss --sort=-rss | head -3 | sed -r 's/\s+/-/g' | column | sed -r 's/\s+/, /g'`

The message may also contain these parts:

Message component

Description

Starting system...

Halting system...

Rebooting system...

These messages occurs upon system startup, shutdown, and reboot,

respectively. Logged from /etc/init.d/vmkhalt.

loaded VMKernel

unloaded VMkernel

This message component occurs on VMkernel load/unload. Logged from
/etc/init.d/vmware.

VMKernel Error

This is logged when there is a core file found during bootup. Logged from
/etc/init.d/vmware.

Detectable by VMware SkylineTM

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